| Statistics last updated April 22, 2002
|
| Railroad Accident/Incident
Data: |
Jan-Dec 2000 |
Jan-Dec 2001(Prelim) |
%Change |
| Train accidents |
2,983 |
2,954 |
-1.0% |
| Train accidents per million
train miles |
4.13 |
4.16 |
0.8% |
| Total reported casualties |
12,580(937 fatal) |
11,330(962 fatal) |
-9.9% |
| Trespasser fatalities |
463 |
505 |
9.1% |
| Employee casualties per 200,000
man-hours |
3.44 |
3.22 |
-6.5% |
| Highway-rail crossing incidents |
3,502 |
3,227 |
-7.9% |
| Highway-rail crossing fatalities |
425 |
418 |
-1.6% |
| Highway-rail crossing incidents
per million train miles |
4.84 |
4.54 |
-4.5% |
| |
Jan-Jan 2001(Prelim) |
Jan-Jan 2002(Prelim) |
%Change |
| Train accidents |
265 |
201 |
-24.2% |
| Train accidents per million
train miles |
14.3 |
11.77 |
-17.7% |
| Total reported casualties |
1,074(70 fatal) |
789(74 fatal) |
-26.5% |
| Trespasser fatalities |
29 |
43 |
43.3% |
| Employee casualties per 200,000
man-hours |
3.34 |
2.84 |
-14.8% |
| Highway-rail crossing incidents |
298 |
261 |
-12.4% |
| Highway-rail crossing fatalities |
39 |
26 |
-33.3% |
| Highway-rail crossing incidents
per million train miles |
5.0 |
4.54 |
-9.2% |
| |
| Railroad Inspection Data as
of 04/19/2002: |
| Inspections performed (Reports) |
78,892 |
| Defects recorded |
374,466 |
| Highway-Rail Crossing Data as of 01/31/2002: |
| Public-at-Grade crossings |
154,084 |
| Private-at-Grade crossings |
98,430 |
